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The Ignyte Awards Committee Is thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2022 Igynte Awards. The Awards seek to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of the current and future landscape of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror by recognizing incredible feats in storytelling and outstanding efforts towards inclusivity within the genre. To that effect, the committee […]
We were so excited to get to talk to all of our nominees* that we want to make sure you don’t miss a single conversation. Each of our nominees has given so much to the speculative fiction community, make sure you’re giving them their flowers! Clarion West Writing the Other K. Tempest Bradford Anathema: Spec […]
The Ignyte Community Award celebrates the Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, Tochi Onyebuchi is an author and an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing working with L.L. McKinney to advocate for publishing transparency through #PublishingPaidMe. We are delighted to have him as a finalist […]
The Ignyte Community Award celebrates the Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, L.L. Mckinney is an author and an advocate for equality and inclusion in publishing as well as the creator of hashtags #PublishingPaidMe and #WhatWoCWritersHear. We are delighted to have her as a finalist […]
The Ignyte Ember Award celebrates the unsung contributions of people in the speculative fiction community. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, Dhonielle Clayton has served the community as the COO of We Need Diverse Books and owner of Cake Literary, podcaster, and of course as an author. Her work has changed the shape of the field. […]
The Ignyte Community Award celebrates the Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. We’re delighted to that Diana M. Pho nominated for her second Community Award. Diana is a Hugo Award-nominated developmental editor, writer and the creater of the #Edits4BlackSFF Project and essential member of the speculative community. We caught up […]
The Ignyte Ember Award celebrates the unsung contributions of people in the speculative fiction community. We’re ecstatic to welcome Tananarive Due back for her second Ember Award nomination. She is an award-winning author who teaches Black Horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder’s groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of […]
Guests (panelists, GOHs, office hours hosts) as well as staff members are comped at FIYAHCON, meaning that their attendance at the convention is free. They are provided options for refunds in the event that they’ve purchased tickets before being added formally to programming or to the team. Options last year included receiving their ticket refund, […]
The Ignyte Community Award celebrates the Outstanding Efforts in Service of Inclusion and Equitable Practice in Genre. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, Anathema: Spec from the Margins has been publishing speculative fiction from queer writers of color, giving a space to voices so often drowned out in the mainstream and is an essential member of […]
The Ignyte Ember Award celebrates the unsung contributions of people in the speculative fiction community. Nominated in this year’s Ignytes, K. Tempest Bradford has served the community as an educator, podcaster, and of course as an author. Her work with Writing the Other has lead to that organization being a two-time nominee of the Ignyte […]
